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The World Bank recently picked U.S. candidate, Jim Yong Kim over Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, an African woman with over 25 years experience at the World Bank. Find out why

Doctors in Pakistan are fighting to save the life of a baby boy born with six legs. The unnamed infant has a rare genetic condition, hospital officials said. The boy was born to the wife of an X-ray technician a week ago, Jamal Raza, the director of National Institute of the Child Health in Karachi, told reporters. “It is not ...

STATEMENT BY DR NGOZI OKONJO-IWEALA FOLLOWING THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF DR JIM YONG KIM AS PRESIDENT OF THE WORLD BANK I would like to congratulate Dr Jim Yong Kim on his emergence as President of the World Bank Group. I look forward to working with him, staff and stakeholders of the World Bank Group for the benefit of poor people around ...

AFP – The United States said Korean-American physician Jim Yong Kim will bring a fresh perspective to the World Bank, after Kim, the US nominee, was named as the development bank’s next president Monday. “I welcome today’s decision by the World Bank Board of Directors to select Dr. Jim Yong Kim as the institution’s next president,” said US Treasury Secretary ...

As expected, American nominee Jim Yong Kim has been named the next President of the World Bank according to sources within the bank. Mr. Kim was nominated by United States President Barak Obama last month to replace Robert Zoellick, who has held the position since 2007. Earlier in the day, Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala surprisingly admitted she did not really expect ...